Enos Slaughter
Enos Slaughter
Full name: Enos Bradsher Slaughter
Born: April 27, 1916, Roxboro, North Carolina
Died August 12, 2002, Durham, North Carolina
Buried at Allensville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Roxboro, North Carolina
First Game: April 19, 1938; Final Game: September 29, 1959
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 9.5" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1985
TSN NL Player of the Year (1949)
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1942 and 1946)
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Enos Slaughter
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1938 STL N 112 395 59 109 20 10 8 58 32 38 0 4 11 1 .276 .330 .438 -0.4 1938 STL N
1939 STL N 149 604 95 193 52 5 12 86 44 53 5 11 11 2 .320 .371 .482 2.2 1939 STL N
1940 STL N 140 516 96 158 25 13 17 73 50 35 2 1 4 8 .306 .370 .504 1.8 1940 STL N
1941 STL N 113 425 71 132 22 9 13 76 53 28 2 4 5 4 .311 .390 .496 0.5 1941 STL N
1942 STL N 152 591 100 188 31 17 13 98 88 30 6 2 6 9 .318 .412 .494 3.5 1942 STL N
1946 STL N 156 609 100 183 30 8 18 130 69 41 2 5 7 9 .300 .374 .465 2.2 1946 STL N
1947 STL N 147 551 100 162 31 13 10 86 59 27 4 5 10 4 .294 .366 .452 0.1 1947 STL N
1948 STL N 146 549 91 176 27 11 11 90 81 29 1 6 11 4 .321 .409 .470 1.8 1948 STL N
1949 STL N 151 568 92 191 34 13 13 96 79 37 1 6 7 3 .336 .418 .511 2.3 1949 STL N
1950 STL N 148 556 82 161 26 7 10 101 66 33 2 8 12 3 .290 .367 .415 -1.0 1950 STL N
1951 STL N 123 409 48 115 17 8 4 64 67 25 3 4 10 7 2 .281 .386 .391 0.7 1951 STL N
1952 STL N 140 510 73 153 17 12 11 101 70 25 1 6 11 6 1 .300 .386 .445 1.7 1952 STL N
1953 STL N 143 492 64 143 34 9 6 89 80 28 5 1 10 4 4 .291 .395 .433 0.3 1953 STL N
1954 NY A 69 125 19 31 4 2 1 19 28 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 .248 .386 .336 -0.3 1954 NY A
1955 NY A 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 -0.2 1955 NY A
1955 KC A 108 267 49 86 12 4 5 34 40 4 17 2 1 5 8 2 3 .322 .408 .453 1.0 1955 KC A
1955 TOT A 118 276 50 87 12 4 5 35 41 4 18 2 1 5 8 2 3 .315 .401 .442 0.8 1955 TOT A
1956 KC A 91 223 37 62 14 3 2 23 29 1 20 1 1 1 6 1 0 .278 .362 .395 -0.4 1956 KC A
1956 NY A 24 83 15 24 4 2 0 4 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 .289 .330 .386 -0.4 1956 NY A
1956 TOT A 115 306 52 86 18 5 2 27 34 1 26 1 2 1 6 2 1 .281 .354 .392 -0.8 1956 TOT A
1957 NY A 96 209 24 53 7 1 5 34 40 5 19 0 4 3 5 0 2 .254 .369 .368 -0.5 1957 NY A
1958 NY A 77 138 21 42 4 1 4 19 21 0 16 0 1 0 3 2 0 .304 .396 .435 0.4 1958 NY A
1959 NY A 74 99 10 17 2 0 6 21 13 1 19 0 1 1 2 1 0 .172 .265 .374 -0.6 1959 NY A
1959 MIL N 11 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 -0.2 1959 MIL N
1959 Total 85 117 10 20 2 0 6 22 16 1 22 0 1 1 2 1 0 .171 .269 .342 -0.8 1959 Total
Total NL 1831 6793 1071 2067 366 135 146 1149 841 0i 432 34 63 0i115 64 7i .304 .384 .462 15.5 Total NL
Total AL 549 1153 176 316 47 13 23 155 177 11i 106 3 10 10 24 7 8 .274 .369 .397 -1.0 Total AL
Total 2380 7946 1247 2383 413 148 169 1304 1018 11i 538 37 73 10i139 71 15i .300 .382 .453 14.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1942 STL N Daily Splits 5 19 3 5 1 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .263 .364 .474 1942 STL N
1946 STL N Daily Splits 7 25 5 8 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 .433 .560 1946 STL N
1956 NY A Daily Splits 6 20 6 7 0 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .350 .440 .500 1956 NY A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 5 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .400 .333 1957 NY A
1958 NY A Daily Splits 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1958 NY A
Total Splits 27 79 17 23 3 1 3 8 15 4 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 .291 .406 .468 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1941 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1941 NL
1942 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1942 NL
1946 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1946 NL
1947 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1947 NL
1948 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1948 NL
1949 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1949 NL
1950 NL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 1.000 1950 NL
1951 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1951 NL
1952 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1952 NL
1953 NL Daily Splits 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1953 NL
Total Splits 10 21 4 8 1 1 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .381 .480 .524 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1938 STL N OF 92 189 7 6 0 .970 1 20 75
1939 STL N OF 149 348 18 12 5 .968 0 0 149
1940 STL N OF 132 267 8 3 5 .989 0 0 132
1941 STL N OF 108 173 5 10 1 .947 0 0 108
1942 STL N OF 151 287 15 4 2 .987 0 0 151
1946 STL N OF 156 284 23 6 6 .981 0 0 156
1947 STL N OF 142 306 15 6 5 .982 110 0 32
1948 STL N OF 146 330 9 10 1 .971 107 0 39
1949 STL N OF 150 330 10 6 1 .983 150 0 0
1950 STL N OF 145 260 9 6 1 .978 20 0 125
1951 STL N OF 106 198 10 1 3 .995 0 0 106
1952 STL N OF 137 250 11 3 3 .989 0 0 137
1953 STL N OF 137 235 2 1 0 .996 0 0 137
1954 NY A OF 30 37 0 1 0 .974 3 0 29
1955 KC A OF 77 126 5 2 2 .985 0 0 77
1956 KC A OF 56 105 1 2 0 .981 19 1 37
1956 NY A OF 20 28 1 0 0 1.000 17 0 4
1956 TOT A LF -
1956 TOT A RF -
1956 TOT A OF 76 133 2 2 0 .985 36 1 41
1957 NY A OF 64 97 2 0 0 1.000 56 0 9
1958 NY A OF 35 43 1 2 0 .957 16 0 20
1959 NY A OF 26 27 0 1 0 .964 9 0 18
1959 MIL N OF 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0
1959 Total LF -
1959 Total OF 31 32 0 1 0 .970 14 0 18
Total OF 2064 3925 152 82 35 .980 513 21 1541
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1942 STL N Daily OF 5 5 5 45 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 5
1942 STL N RF 5 5 5 45 9 1 1 0 0 .909
1946 STL N Daily OF 7 7 6 60 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 7
1946 STL N RF 7 7 6 60 20 1 0 1 0 1.000
1956 NY A Daily OF 6 6 6 52.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 0 0
1956 NY A LF 6 6 6 52.2 8 1 0 0 0 1.000
1957 NY A Daily OF 5 4 4 35 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0 0
1957 NY A LF 5 4 4 35 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 23 22 21 192.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 11 0 12
Total RF 12 12 11 105 29 2 1 1 0 .969
Total LF 11 10 10 87.2 15 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1941 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1941 NL RF 1 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1942 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1942 NL LF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1946 NL RF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1947 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1947 NL LF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1948 NL RF 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1
1950 NL RF 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 -
1950 NL CF 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1952 NL RF 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
1953 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1953 NL RF 1 1 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 8 5 3 47.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 1 6
Total RF 6 3 2 31.2 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 2 1 1 12 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1935).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees in exchange for Bill Virdon , Mel
Wright and Emil Tellinger (April 11, 1954 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Johnny Sain to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for
Sonny Dixon and cash (May 11, 1955 ).
Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Kansas City Athletics (August 25, 1956 ).
Claimed on waivers by Milwaukee Braves from New York Yankees (September 11, 1959 ).
Released by Milwaukee Braves (October 13, 1959 ).
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